Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
Her Want OF LUGGAGE.
BY EVA MONTEITH.

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~ nEN T. EN- 1 AAO
<N~woman who can travel
Y/flwithout a thousand and
INV /one packages, baskets.
|sAI n " shawls and bundles.
v and be willing to carry
v something herself with
~ out leaving them all
MI. :. for me, I'll fall at her
feet instanter and never
81 get up until she sets
~ the wedding day. Do
A you girls think fell
81 lows all hands, or do
y you intend to tie these
to my back and around
shonldersH O, women are q nuis-
E, anyhow!s
was lust like good-nalured John
q to grumble and scold, and do
re as much as was asked, and as
ody ever minded him more than to
sNow, Jack. you don't mean that, /"
vent on his way, full of quirks and
tiles, and yet with heart soft as q
tile woman's.
lie had three romping, laughing
ool-girls under his charge, and so
ppletely had they loaded him down
luggage that he had grumbled and
sed ever since they had started,
oh to the amusement of the young
les who were used to his ways.
II the last moment a gentleman
ed Mr.. Reed aside and asked if he
hid be SO kind as to take charge of
sister, who was en- route for the
to take a position as teacher in q
&c school there. In response to the
roauction, miss Carlton, Mr.. Reed, :"
only bowed, and then turned for a
good-by to her brother. Jack
ked about him in dismay, frightened
the idea of an addition to his load,
could see nothing but gray shawl
|gly strapped, which she carried
~. Her travelling costume was
\ and perfectly fitting, and there
an air Of tidiness and composure
ut her that just pleased Johns taste
etly.
l. was listening intently to what
Carlton said, but when she ceased
Jed to EHe's side with some jesting
ark about an entirely foreign sub
and when the girls had chance
aze him about "this lady who had
luggage for him to carry" he only
Fered in his solemnly ludicrous
slime will show. time will show"
tier time the day grew hot and
way dusty, and, tired and worn
the girls lost their liveliness and
content to lie back among the
hons and sleepily let the time glide
Poor Jack, left to himself,
mt Miss Carlton, expecting to see
her faded flower" as he emphat-
y declared each of his charges to
On the contrary, she was wide
Re, fresh as when they left home,
race of WEAKNESS or fatigue on the
ht face that was lifted from the
I when he came to her. She was
OF those women that dust seems to
no affinity for. "a tidy, neat
\, as the old folks call them, "who
lys look as if just out of band
She quietly cleared away her
gs from the adjoining seat and
were soon chatting away as
fgh they had been friends for years,
cad of the chance acquaintances Of
N hours. Her voice was sweet and
=, and her language was refined
cuitlvated, and her manners were
rec from all sffectation, that John
a composure and q relief from en-
assment in her presence that he
y enjoyed when with other women.
ruth was he was in love; and the
FULLY awake now that there was
etnlng to interest them, were not
IN understanding the case, and
prepared to tease most heartily
dear old fellow" who was as
lful as schoolboy.
Ut at dusk the city was reached.
alter seeing his party safe at the
Eemy John went home to his board
mousse, so abstracted that he was
pasclous of the greetings of old
ads: When alone there .shone be-
MN those clear hazel eyes, into
Ne depths he had looked that day
me first time, but that would ever
remembered. A fair face framed
nut brown hair, with a smooth
= and family tinted cheeks. made
picture for his memory that
sought to recall clearer and
wildly hour by hour. "a
.a ,i, who could take cane of
Sll had always been a boosted
algy that he had challenged his
trends to find, and now that he
anown this quiet. demure teacher,
'as still dissatisfied. Seeing that
sas self-reliant, he was anxious to
ner to lean upon him, and know
a a ability to take her place among
S s workers, he longed to shell
Si =, IN his own home and toll for
M ina & she might not labor. He
'aA 1rom the thought of her being
- ana, with great gush of love
a ss,mppathy, remembering his own
N.Y. ny NE, yearned to enfold her with
aef affection that should know no
~ tIi as the weeks heightened into
a a.; and the months rolled away,
h "nslanee seemed to lengthen be-
saem, and the girls who watched
[na License interest the wooing, used
ign ~ and tell him he did not know
u W. court lady,"
US ,ri ask her, John, if she'll have
LlafN tho ~o- nt ~,o,, mood